Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism Is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World, Paperback - Jathan Sadowski

Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity?Smart technology is...

The fascinating story of how India is transforming itself into a global science superpower.

Reducere. How can we begin to grasp the scope and scale of our new data-rich world, and can we truly comprehend what is at stake? Rob Kitchin explores the in...

Reducere. DescriptionJust about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free--it is pu...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Glenn Perry had a life changing experience when he floated in the tank invented by Dr. John C. Lilly. Lee and Glenn Perry created a new product, a ...

Reducere. When did kindess become a sign of weakness? What if kindness actually has the power to change the world? Culture is at a crossroads when it comes t...

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The authors provide a wide range of ideas and strategies to ensure that students are using digital technology in order to further their ability to ...

DescriptionMark Nepo--the #1 New York Times bestselling author and popular spiritual teacher--"has given us not only a much-needed message of hope ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A hard-hitting expose of the overwork culture and modern management techniques that seduce millions of people to hand over the best part of their l...

A new series that explores how our language shapes our worldPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): VariousNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 202...

DescriptionIt's easy to feel overwhelmed by the newfound power of buying and using pot. So, first things first - here's a basic look at the plant. ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats--and shows us how we can change it for the betterFood is o...

Reducere. Speaking out when it's unpopular. Back in the day, Henry David Thoreau raged at the robber barons-the big shots of their age, despoiling the enviro...

Scary Smart explains tech and why we need to pay attention to it. From Mo Gawdat, international bestselling author of Solve for Happy.Publisher: Pa...

Reducere. DescriptionSTOLEN WOMEN gives us what Mama couldn't--a way to be in charge of our own bodies. This probing, fact-based book dissects the myths, dis...

A Freakonomics-style investigation into the mysteries of ownership, filled with counterintuitive insights and fascinating case studies.Publisher: A...

An eye-opening account of the over-medicalisation of our lives, by a leading medical practitioner and popular Telegraph health expert.Publisher: Li...

Too Smart for our Own Good: The Ecological Predicament of Humankind - Craig Dilworth

Reducere. When you think of data, do you think of complex charts and dashboards, things that are best left up to the experts to decipher? It's time to debunk...

Reducere. When you think of data, do you think of complex charts and dashboards, things that are best left up to the experts to decipher? It's time to debunk...

Reducere. The most important fact about the coronavirus pandemic that turned the world upside down in 2020 is that our response to it has been an epic overre...

Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on historyPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Melvyn Bra...

The figures are frightening: Britons currently spend an average of four hours a day watching television - that's more than a 24-hour day per week.

Reducere. One of the nation's chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and a...

The story of how you can compete with Amazon's enormous success - and win.

Reducere. Is it really possible for credit card companies to predict a divorce long before the couple in question know the end is nigh? Absolutely. All the i...

Description Cowritten by Ralph Kimball, the world's leading data warehousing authority, whose previous books have sold more than 150, 000 copies De...

Reducere. The story of how you can compete with Amazon's enormous success - and win.

An "illuminating, lucid, and finely detailed" (The Washington Post) look at Amazon's world-dominating business model, the current competitors eithe...

"A valuable primer on this moment where humans are deciding how much power over their lives they give to monopolies and algorithms." --DAVE EGGERS,...

The story of how you can compete with Amazon's enormous success - and win.

Reducere. DescriptionSacred Promise brings us into the laboratory of scientist Dr. Gary Schwartz, where he establishes the existence of Spirit by its own Wil...

Shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber PrizeIn Islamic Exceptionalism, Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Shadi Hamid offers a nove...

In Love, Sex & Tragedy Simon Goldhill lifts the veil on our inheritance of classical traditions and offers a witty, engrossing survey of the Greek ...

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The way the world is changing - the trends everyone is interested in and which businesses must take account of if they are to survive and prosper i...

Reducere. Data are everywhere. This book introduces, in a conversational style, the foundational techniques and concepts necessary to permit the data to tell...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Iris (Iris Gottlieb) GottliebNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 203 x 11Cover type...